Wired-glass-making machine.



PATEKTBD JAN.\23, 1906.

I R. A; B..WALSH; r r Y WIRED GLASS MAKING MACHINE.

APPLIQA'HOX FILED JULY 22, 1905.

Bwvleribor I oberb A. as; M BTT'Y'3-- UNITED 'STA TEs PATENT OFFIOE' ROBERT A.'B. WALSH, OF -.ST. 'LoUIS, ISSOU ASSIGNOR T MISSISSIPPI GLASS COMPANY, on T. LOUIS.v MISSOURL A CORPORATION OF ML- I SOURI.

WIRED-GLASS-MAKING MAcHmEi.

Specification oflLttrs latent.

Patented Jani' 23, 1906.

To. all whom it may concern;

Be itknown that I, ROBERT A. B. WALSH,

- a citizen of the United States, residing at St.

- forming Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement. in Wired-Glass- Making Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it apertains to make and use the' same, reference )eing had to the accompanying drawings, part of this specification, in wh'ich' Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a glass wiring machine used in practicing my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the wire-embedding elements. Fig. '4 is a fragmentary inverted viewof one of the wire-embedding elements, and Fig. 5 is a transverse Sectional view Fig 1.

" This invention relates to machines for making wired glass; and one of the objectsis' to provide means for embedding Wire in a plate or sheet of glass asit is being formed on,

a table or bed.

Another object is to provide'meansfor uniformly centering the wire in the glass plate or sheet; and a still further object is to provide a wired Sheet or plate of glass of uniform thickness.

Other objects and advantages, as well as the details of construction of my invention,

will be referred to hereinafter, it being un;

derstood that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts can be made without departing from the nature. or principle of my invention.

In the drawings illustrating the preferred form of my invention, 1 indicates a base or table on the upper longitudinal edges of which are trangs 2 and 3, the thickness of the trim-gsdvtcr nihing the thickness of the plate or sheet of Skeleton frames 4 and 5 are (:onncctml to the base and consist of ver- 'tical standards connected by horizontal longitudinally arranged supporting bars, on whlch are the resiliently-supported wire-positioning devices, comprisingvertically-11lovablc blocks 6, arranged side by side and confined between the end brackets 7 and 8. .The blocks 6 are provided with vertical elongated slots 9, in. which are spaced strips 10 and 11,

.into the glass plate or sheet, so as on the line ofaction of the the strips 11 rest on top of the supportingbars of the frames 4 and 5, while the strips 10 rest against the upper edges of the slots 9, so

t e b oaks 6 in elevated positions, or inthe positions indicated in 1, on .either side of the depressing-roller. e blocks v6 are provided with pluralities of teeth'or ribs 13, which are preferably arranged lon itudinally of the bed 1-,and these teeth or ri 's are 'provided for the purpose of impressing the'wire to center it orforcethe wire beneath .the surface ofthe sheet or late'of glass. p

14 an j 15 designate pilot or. spreader and cover. rollers," respectively, spreader roller 14 is designed to pass over the batch of glass. as it is placed 'upon the table or bed 1, so as to initially form the sheet. -These rollers are. connected by approxi-,

mately invertedV-sha said dered roller .18, whichare 'ournaled in said frames at their u per angI -e portions. The front arms of the ames 16 and 17, have projectioIis which are provided with bearings for ed frames 16 and 17,

The pilot or frames receiving t e-journals of a shoulan idler-roller 19 to receive the wire mesh 20 from the wheel 21 inthe brackets 22 of the respective skeleton frames .4 and 5. This wire mesh 20 passes over the idler 19 beneath the roller 14. As the roller 14 advances over the glass to spread it upon the table the wire -is.sl1ghtly impressed upon the glass, and the roller 18 successively enga es the positioning devices 6, so as to depress them and cause the teeth or ribs 13 to sink the wire beneath the surface of the lass. During the positionin evicesfi the 11 per surface 0 the glass sheet .or'plate will be slightly disturbed, so as to have a'tendency to make the up er surface of the lass uneven, particularl if the glass shoulcf happen to 0001 rather quickly. To' prevent this, I have arranged the roller '15-to follow the actions of the positioning devices and smooth out the upper surface, so as to eliminate inequalities in the upper surface of the finished late. the glass has been formed with 't e wire erly positioned. between the upper and ower surfaces the mesh will be severed, so that the glass may be annealed in-theusual manner.

After rop- From the foregoing it will be a parent that v the several operations are carrie out in their proper order of sequence, so that the best results will be obtainable. The glass is first placed upon the table'or bed, then rolled out or partially rolled out, during which rolling the wire is impressed in the upper surface of the sheet, then it is further pressed to properly position it, and finally the sheet is smoothed out by a roller passing over the top of the plate. g

I have illustrated'the device as being capable of making plain wired glass; but it is obv-ious that configured or prismatic wired glass .znay'also be made by configuring the bed over which the glass is made.

rlaviiig thus described the invention,what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Latent, is

1. Ina machine for making Wiredglass, the combination with a base, of verticaIly-recip roeatory wirep ositioning elements above the base, a roller movable over the wire-positioning elements and having otfsetted portions for depressing them to position the Wire substantially as described v 2. In a machine for making wired glass, the combination with a base, of vertically-reciprocatory wire-positioningelements above the base, a roller movable over the wire-position ing elements and having ofisetted portions for depressin them to position the wire, and

means for re ling a sheet of glass; substantially as described.

3. In a machine for making Wired glass, the combination with a base, of means for spreading the glass on the base, means for feeding wire on top of theglass, vertically-reciprocatory Wire-impressing elements 6 above the base, and a roller movable over said wire-impressing elements for actuating them; substantially as described.

4. In a machine for making Wired. glass, the combination with a base, means for spreading the glass on the base, means for feeding wire on top of the glass, wire-impressim elements 6 resiliently supported above the'base, and a roller 18 having projections for engaging' the top edges of the elements 6to actuate them; substantially as described.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my; signature, mthe presence of two wltnesses,

this 12th day of J uly, 1905.

Witnesses: I l v B. F. FUNK, GEORGE BAKEWELL.

ROBERT A. B. WALSH.- 

